CHAPTER 1011: TRUTH

Chapter 1011: Truth

Jingwei felt Zhang Yi's undisguised killing intent.

She knew Zhang Yi wasn't joking.

If she couldn't give Zhang Yi a satisfactory answer today, he would definitely kill her!

After remaining silent for a moment, she said, "Chaos, I just saved your life."

Zhang Yi narrowed his eyes and asked word by word, "Do you really think I needed you to save me?"

Jingwei's expression became less certain.

She had revealed herself earlier because she judged that Zhang Yi couldn't block the combined attack from three people.

But soon after, the power Zhang Yi displayed exceeded her expectations.

Could it be... that Zhang Yi had a way to save himself even in that situation?

Zhang Yi unhurriedly drew White Owl and Holy Judgment.

"You've been staying by my side quite well. I think every word I've said during this time has already been reported to Zhu Zheng by you."

"Then even if I kill you, Zhu Zheng has no right to blame me. He's the one who played tricks on me first!"

Jingwei was intimidated by Zhang Yi's intense murderous aura and instinctively took several steps back.

"Wait! I haven't had time to report to headquarters yet!"

Zhang Yi tilted his head and looked at her, while Hua Hua had already raised its tail and slowly blocked her retreat.

If Jingwei couldn't explain herself clearly with even one sentence, Zhang Yi would decisively take action.

Even if he didn't kill Jingwei, he had to make her suffer enough to express his attitude to Zhu Zheng.

Jingwei quickly explained, "During this time, I've been hiding in your shadow the entire time. I simply had no opportunity to transmit information to headquarters."

"As a spatial-type superhuman, you should understand this principle. The signals on Star Island are inherently unstable, let alone transmitting messages from an independent dimensional space."

A cold smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Yi's mouth.

"Why should I believe you?"

Jingwei said in a cold tone, "I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, you can check my communication system."

"How do I know you haven't secretly deleted the communication records?"

Zhang Yi held his knife, watching Jingwei cautiously, maintaining a state ready to strike at any moment.

"Unless... you let me give you an injection!"

"An... injection?"

Jingwei looked stunned.

Then she saw Zhang Yi take out a tube of blue liquid.

Truth Serum - direct injection works best. Once injected with this stuff, even the toughest warrior's psychological defenses would crumble.

Jingwei certainly knew what this was.

Her face changed slightly: "No, I absolutely won't allow you to do this to me!"

Zhang Yi sneered twice: "Heh heh, I'm afraid it's not up to you now."

"To be honest, I don't trust you at all. If you really want to break with me, you can try what the consequences will be."

He spread his arms wide and said fiercely, "If Zhu Zheng really has any sinister plans against me, then at worst, we'll just go our separate ways!"

If the Jiangnan Region lost him, they would completely become a second-rate force on Star Island, completely losing the qualification to compete with the joint forces.

Zhang Yi did not accept betrayal.

No matter the reason.

Jingwei was really getting anxious now.

As a captain temporarily promoted, her strength wasn't outstanding. Fighting against a top-tier expert like Zhang Yi, she would definitely be instantly killed.

Even her most skilled spatial abilities were completely countered by Zhang Yi.

"Chaos, I can have the commander speak with you!"

But Zhang Yi shook his head: "I don't trust you, do you think I'll trust Zhu Zheng? Don't play games with me. Whether you take this injection or not, you choose yourself!"

Jingwei was enveloped by the killing intent from Zhang Yi and Hua Hua, unable to move an inch.

When she chose to reveal herself from the shadows, she was destined to become meat on the chopping block.

"Can I request instructions from headquarters?"

She was still making a final attempt.

"No!"

Zhang Yi couldn't be bothered to play games with that old man Zhu Zheng.

That he had tolerated until now was already considered good temper.

And this was only because Jingwei had chosen to step out and help him fight at the critical moment.

Jingwei secretly clenched her fist, and finally, under duress, she lowered her head and slowly nodded.

Zhang Yi immediately had Hua Hua rush forward to completely restrain her.

The corners of Hua Hua's mouth lifted, revealing an eerie smile.

Its massive body stood upright, actually holding Jingwei in its arms like a doll.

Zhang Yi walked over, made her expose the skin on her neck, and then injected her with one stab!

"You'll regret knowing too much. So you'd better not ask unrelated questions."

Jingwei said, staring hard at him through her black eye patch.

Zhang Yi raised an eyebrow, "Oh? Interesting, really interesting. It seems you're hiding many secrets!"

Zhang Yi didn't stay in this place for long, avoiding the superhumans from the joint forces attacking again.

But thinking about it carefully, this wasn't much of a problem anymore.

Because so far, he had already killed three members of Hell's Lock, nearly half of them.

He still had Hua Hua bring Jingwei along, traversing to ruins dozens of miles away.

Then he slowly interrogated Jingwei.

Jingwei didn't hold out for long before losing her will.

This kind of subcutaneous injection couldn't be cheated, so it was certain she would answer whatever was asked.

Combined with her previous inexplicable words, Zhang Yi felt he could get a lot of useful information from her mouth.

Especially about what happened in Blizzard City during those five months when he left the Jiangnan Region.

He took out a chair, sat down in front of Jingwei, and crossed his legs.

Zhang Yi thought for a moment, then reached out and removed her black eye patch.

When he saw her eyes, Zhang Yi couldn't help but freeze momentarily.

Those eyes were large and ethereal, with pupils glowing with an icy blue color.

Zhang Yi always felt these eyes were somewhat familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere before.

Vaguely recalling a certain old acquaintance.

He asked word by word: "Tell me, your identity and background."

Jingwei's eyes were vacant as she slowly spoke: "My name is Mu Yan, from Moshang District, Jiangning City..."

Jingwei's self-introduction was quite lengthy, and Zhang Yi listened patiently.

Opportunities to obtain intelligence at the captain level weren't common.

Soon, Jingwei had finished introducing her origins.

And now the important part arrived.

"After the apocalypse, I struggled to survive in Jiangning District with some friends I met along the way. Because I awakened supernatural abilities, I could barely maintain survival."

"Four months ago, Blizzard City's military found me and brought me back."

"They performed human experiments on me, implanting a special type of cell in my body. This made my strength improve rapidly."

"And I wasn't the only superhuman implanted with cells. Along with me when I was brought back to Blizzard City, there was a large group of superhumans from the Outer City. We all underwent the same human implantation experiments."

"Later, I accidentally learned that those special cells originated from a common parent organism."

"Her name is Yuan Kongye."

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